: [AI] mute, instead of dumb?
We've just had a discussion on whether use of the word blind was
appropriate, and I do not wish to reopen it. However, this sort of
discussion is far more needed in the case of the word dumb, which is
commonly used to mean stupid.
We have a much more precise word
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To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] mute, instead of dumb?
Won't say much on these particular definitions as we would be crossing the
boundaries of the list, I will write to you personally sometime soon to
discuss the etymology
We've just had a discussion on whether use of the word blind was
appropriate, and I do not wish to reopen it. However, this sort of
discussion is far more needed in the case of the word dumb, which is
commonly used to mean stupid.
We have a much more precise word to indicate inability to speak,
Neither Dumb nor mute are the appropriate terms for deaf people. The
proper term is hearing impaired. They cannot speak because they
cannot hear.
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